From the rear cover
Praise for Emily Wilson's Odyssey
"If Wilson's version has an English model, it is the moving plainness of Matthew Arnold's 'Sohrab and Rustum.'... Though he never produced a translation himself, I think [Arnold] would have recognized his Homer--a poet 'eminently rapid... eminently plain and direct'--in Wilson's."
--Gregory Hays, New York Times Book Review
"[Wilson] preserves the musicality of Homer's poetry, opting for an iambic pentameter whose approachable storytelling tone invites us in, only to startle us with eruptions of beauty.... Wilson's transformation of such a familiar and foundational work is... astonishing."
--Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, Atlantic
"In the history of Odyssey translations, few have exerted such a cultural influence that they become 'classics' in their own right.... I predict that Emily Wilson will win a place in this roll-call of the most significant translations of the poem in history. She certainly deserves the honour."
--Edith Hall, Daily Telegraph
Details
- Title The Iliad
- Author Homer; Emily Wilson (Translator)
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 848
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher W. W. Norton & Company
- ISBN 9781324001805 / 1324001801
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region: Canadian
- Cultural Region: Greece
- Interdisciplinary Studies: Classics
- Dewey Decimal Code 883.01
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